The Big 12 Rowing Championship will enter its second year as a fully-supported conference championship in 2012. The event was first supported on a limited basis beginning in 2009. This season's competition will take place on Wyandotte County Lake in Kansas City, Kan.. KU will serve as the host school.

The schedule for this year's event will be announced prior to the Championship. Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia are the five Big 12 members who sponsor women's rowing teams.

Texas has won all four rowing championships held since the 2009 campaign.